Author Archives: rockiesquirrel

Most of my singles spinning on July 18-19 was done walking around Big on Bloor street party, and I didn’t take in-progress photos. I used stash Corriedale and my tiny lace spindle. On July 21, I finished plying my Toronto yarn at my neighbourhood craft night. I didn’t make it out to Riverdale Farm dueContinue reading “Tour de Fleece stages 14-17”

I don’t know what stage we’re at, but I’ve been at a lot of Fringe Festival stages… OK I’ll see myself out. I didn’t expect to get all my Riverdale wool spun to singles already, but here we are. I have also decided, based on the super-inconsistent quality of the fibre, that I will beContinue reading “Tour de Fleece 2026 July 7-12”

My TdF spinning adventure begins… Stage 1 July 4 Spinning on the transit, spinning and spinning in queue for shows (The wrong bus, as it happens, and I had to run for a couple kilometres to get to my next show, and only made it thanks to a lenient latecomers policy) Stage 2, July 5Continue reading “Tour de Fleece 2026 Stages 1 and 2”

I’ll be posting here about projects and designs. But for now, I’m keeping busy maintaining online shopping and social media for Romni Wools in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Pattern notes. This pattern assumes familiarity with sock knitting. Original prototype Size 41 with high instep Eyelet rib in the round: Round 1: (p1, k2tog, yo, k1 yo, ssk) Rounds 2-4: p1, k5 Round 6: (k1, yo, ssk, p1, k2tog, yo) Rounds 7-8: k3, p1, k2 Cast on 84sts in tubular cast on in main colour. Knit 1.5 inchesContinue reading “Hourglass Eyelet Rib Socks”